And yeah, krlozdac, I agree! I wish it were at all practical or realistic to rent out a theater or something and congregate for a viewing.
You’ve said it man. Maybe you can eventize dropping it by setting up a Discord about it or something. In any case, it will be a day long remembered, that’s for sure.
EDIT: I know for myself and some other people the “And I will be your protocol droid!” line replacement didn’t sound 100% accurate for the scene so I regenerated it for us - https://drive.google.com/file/d/1oisZaO1lv20F1Yv8M9EBMMppyd5nW5c0/view?usp=sharing
Wow I think that’s definitely better. Now that AI voices are in the mix, I wonder if there is a way to smooth out the cut of the dagger lining up in the wreckage to DS II to Jannah and company arriving behind them? Right now Poe says “watch out”, but I think it would be less jarring of a cut if he was a little more explicative. Maybe something like “Someone’s coming”.
Anyway just a thought. Gotta say I’m pretty stoked to see this new version of Ascendant. I feel like it’ll smooth out a lot of the things that were somewhat noticeable in the previous versions.
Is it ironic to say that C3P0’s AI voice sounds more robotic than the AI voices of human character?
We could replace Kylo’s “Do you still count the days since your parents left? Such pain in you. Such anger.” Since we are already replacing the following dialog anyways!
Hal, how did you feel about the lightspeed ramming stuff?
EDIT: I think a funny response for him on this context would follow the same pattern as Rey’s “I see through the cracks in your mask. You can’t stop seeing what you did to your father.” Maybe he could say in response, “I see the cracked crystal in your saber. You believe that you will never be a true Jedi.” Then it would go to our other new lines: “My mother doesn’t see the darkness in you. Your friends don’t either. But I do.”
I like this idea a lot. I would, however, be careful of removing Kylo’s mention of Rey’s parents leaving her and that it’s still a big deal for her given the reveal of her parentage later.
As cool as it is, I think the crackling saber doesn’t require a verbal explanation given that it was visually set up in the previous movie well enough.
Ohh, that’s good JJB. And a very creative way to bring that section of the film back. That was another one of those cuts that felt a little too cutty in the original Ascendant. Plus I think it’s useful to have Rey and Finn greet each other with a hug. It’s a much stronger way to reestablish the characters’ relationship in the movie.
I must admit that is indeed very impressive tech. One could argue that part of the charm is hearing audio the way it was recorded then, however I think it could be used sparingly in some instances for ANH and still not have it be distracting. After all, if one of Ady’s objective is to give the films a visual update, why not experiment with this tech to enhance this way the audio?
I’m not sure what the use of changing that first part would be. Now, that second bit there is how I originally had it in my novelization. But then I watched the director’s commentary on the film, which surprisingly changed my mind. Having them be reverse images of each other (daughter of Vader, son of the Emperor) makes their dyad more interesting. Using the term “clone” would break that parallel. But I suppose it might be worth it to explain a bit of her father’s backstory.
The other thing we have to keep in mind is that her father looks nothing like Palpatine in the flashbacks. And we definitely don’t want him to say “a not-so-similar-looking clone of the Emperor”. Or drop the word “standcast” with absolutely no explanation what the hell that is. Lol.
May I propose the word offspring? That is to say he could be interpreted as being the son but that particular word leaves enough ambiguity that it still applies to being his strandcast.
That’s really smooth. I have to admit it always gave me a bit of OCD to hear the Emperor’s theme truncated in Ascendant where the “16 hours” cut happened. I’m glad you have found something very useful to put in that gap.
Somehow Ewan McGregor returned.
Lol but seriously tho. I love this idea given that Obi-Wan died as Alec Guinness for him to be Alec Guinness’s voice through and through. I would even suggest replacing Ewan’s voice in TFA to keep consistency. “These are your first steps”
I got impatient: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1BPM-1f4-nv-q5rXsa5a66uMPU_GesnIo/view?usp=sharing
Alt take: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-yte_KMK83bgpvT75asR3MLU9vK4Lp4k/view?usp=sharing
Loved the first take. Sound completely seamless to me.
I would clarify that there is a Mcguffin in Jakku to find Luke, otherwise it might seem like the pilot being sent to Jakku is because Luke is literally there.
It is a time of darkness.
Luke Skywalker, striving
to restore the legendary
Jedi Order, has vanished.
Not wanting to break the
tenuous peace with the
remnants of the former
Empire, several senators
in the New Republic have
secretly authorized a daring
task force to resist the
rising threat of an extremist
faction called the FIRST
ORDER.
Desperate for the last Jedi’s
help, this brave RESISTANCE
has sent its finest pilot to
the distant world of Jakku,
where a clue has been
discovered to Luke’s
whereabouts…
Personally I feel it would make sense to deepfake Caroline Blakiston over Genvieve O’Reilly since the latter still looks as young as she did in RotS, which is rather odd.
I think that’s a fair story point, however from a technical standpoint Caroline Blakiston has only one scene and she would be much more feasible to replace than a whole season’s worth of TV + Rogue One.
That’s a great idea.
The one’s I’ve had are:
Deepfake Genevive O’Reily into Mon Mothma’s brief scene in ROTJ given that she’s now the face of Mon Mothma for most people.
Put Shmi’s tombstone in the Lars homestead.
Add Sith whispers to Palpatine’s throne room when Luke nearly kills Vader (to keep that motif and also because the Sith wayfinder is next door).
My take with some more specificity in a few places and less in some:
It is a time of despair.
Luke Skywalker, striving
to restore the legendary
Jedi Order, has vanished.
In his absence, the
evil FIRST ORDER has
risen from a hidden
base of the fallen
Empire to declare that
anyone seeking the
Jedi’s return shall
face obliteration.
Appalled by this decree,
the New Republic Senate
has secretly lent its
support to the mission
of a brave RESISTANCE
to find the last Jedi and
restore peace and justice
to the darkening stars…
As someone who is not a native English speaker I gotta say that’s really dope Hal. Sometimes subtitles feel a little immersion breaking but these help them make feel in universe.
I think it’s a bit too much to introduce the plot point of a peace offering and have the movie not follow up on it at all. I took a stab at the previous iteration to add some more clarification.
This is 77 words:
It is a time of despair.
Luke Skywalker, striving
to restore the legendary
Jedi Order, has vanished.
In his absence, legions
of the Imperial Remnant
known as the FIRST ORDER
have emerged from a
mysterious hidden base
to terrorize star systems
throughout the peaceful
New Republic.
The Republic Senate has
secretly called upon a
daring RESISTANCE to
find Luke, the last Jedi,
and gain his help in
restoring peace and
justice to the galaxy…
It is a time of despair.
Luke Skywalker, striving
to restore the legendary
Jedi Knights, has vanished.In his absence, legions
of brutal warriors under
the command of the
IMPERIAL FIRST ORDER
have emerged from a
mysterious hidden base
to terrorize star systems
throughout the peaceful
New Republic.Overwhelmed by chaos,
several members of the
bitterly divided Senate
have secretly called upon
a daring RESISTANCE
to find the last Jedi and
restore peace and justice
to the darkening stars…
I like that one a lot.
The only thing I would recommend is saying “Jedi Order” instead of “Jedi Knights”. For one thing it fixes the thing you mentioned about amount of characters per line, but also I think it’s implied enough that the Jedi Order are peacekeepers by saying Luke’s absence causes chaos and his return causes peace and justice.
Here’s a 70 word version restoring some of the wording of the original to make it as easy to understand as possible:
It is a time of despair.
Luke Skywalker, striving
to restore the peacekeeping
Jedi Order, has vanished.
In his absence, the sinister
FIRST ORDER has risen from
the ashes of the Empire to
terrorize worlds throughout
the peaceful New Republic.
With the Republic divided,
a few brave senators have
secretly called upon a daring
RESISTANCE to find the
missing last Jedi and restore
peace and justice to the
darkening stars…
Edit: Wrong thread.
Truth be told, the lack of Hayden is the only thing that keeps me from having ROTJ Custom as my go-to. Would love to see it but I get why some people don’t like it.
Welp, here’s how Fett turned out in ESB and ROTJ for this project:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Rrx06s0VYU3RhBJIEB9lREVMLFXM1QQW/view?usp=sharing
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Cq9JgRno9i5vwTardaXSixhg1DrM-izE/view?usp=sharing
Pretty dope.
Gotta say, I don’t know if I’m the only one but after seeing the Book of Boba Fett, this little snippet of Boba and Luke hit a little different. I feel like the story is richer knowing that we have a direct continuation to it.
Hey Hal,
I just listened to the commentary track and I thoroughly enjoyed it. My main takeaway is that Popasketti is more Legendary than Luke Skywalker lol. But seriously though, I wanna congratulate you and every collaborator of this edit. This is outstanding work!
Hi Hal,
I’ve scrolled through the edit to see the new changes. Wanted to point out that there is outdated subtitles in “Leia sensed the end of her Jedi path”.
Both movies are clocking right now somewhere between the 2h57m and 2h59m. So they are similar in length to the theatrical versions of LOTR. I just need a little feedback to make sure the story is tracking nicely.